"THE AIR MAILS OF NEW ZEALAND,
Volume One, THE INTERNAL FLIGHTS" (1897-1955)
by DOUGLAS A. WALKER
This publication covers an exciting period of New
Zealand's history with clarity and detailed accounts -
creating an invaluable historical document for the
aerophilatelist and historian alike.

"AIRMAILS OF NEW ZEALAND, Volume
Two, THE OVERSEAS FLIGHTS 1928-1940"
by DOUGLAS A. WALKER
This book is an exhaustive encyclopedia of New
Zealand's early overseas flights. Nothing has been left
to the reader's imagination - a must for anyone
interested in early New Zealand, whether it be to learn
about the famous pioneer aviators of the day, the
amazing machines of wood and fabric they flew or stamp
issues and cachet types that were used on overseas mail
at that time.

"AIRMAILS OF NEW ZEALAND, Volume Three,
THE INTERNATIONAL AIRMAILS, 1940-1970"
by ROBIN M. STARTUP
This is the second volume covering International airmails
through to 1970.
Once again, the historical data of this era of jet-powered
flight has been treated with the importance it deserves
in this super publication.

"THE NEW ZEALAND AIRMAIL CATALOGUE" third edition by
JAMES A. STAPLETON - edited by MIKE SHAND
This is the latest catalogue published by the Society and it does not
disappoint. Printed on quality gloss paper and being extremely easy to
read, there are over one hundred and forty airmail covers displayed,
spanning ninety-eight years - from 1911-2009. It contains everything the
aerophilatelist, postal historian, or aviation enthusiast could wish for.

For Sale

The AMSNZ also has on its website a number of special flight covers
and historic aviation postcards.
Historic aviation photos are also displayed and are for sale.

Air Mail Society Club Meetings

The Air Mail Society of New Zealand holds monthly
meetings at its club rooms in Christchurch and postal
auctions with all types of associated material on offer
at various times; eg. flight covers, airmail stamps,
special catchets & cancels, commemorative &
anniversary covers, photos, books and more. There is
also a very interesting and informative 'NZ Air Mail
Newsletter' published monthly and free to
members.
If you would like to know more, contact the Air Mail
Society through their address below or visit their
website.

"THE AIR MAIL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND Inc.,
Box 29-144, Fendalton,
Christchurch,
New Zealand"AMSNZ website

Inaugurated by Royal Tongan Airways
Boeing 737-200 H4-SAL leased from Solomon Islands
Airlines. Although the Tongan Post Office had announced
that mail would be flown to Auckland, N.Z. Post only
decided to place mail on the flight to Tonga shortly
before departure time. An unofficial cachet was used on
some Tongan covers.

1992, 26 June-1993, 21 August

WELLINGTON-CHATHAM ISLANDS AND RETURN SERVICE

Was operated by Vincent Aviation
Company using VH-KAM. This service was originally
scheduled to commence with Riley Heron ZK-TAJ which
arrived by sea from Launceston, Tasmania but was not
granted a certificate of airworthiness. It is not known
if any unofficial mail was carried on this
service.

Special flight of the Beriev A-40
Albatross amphibian to Air Expo '92 which was held at
Auckland International Airport. The route was
Taganrog-Dubai 11 Nov, to Colombo on 12th, Jakarta on
13th, Perth 14th, Sydney 15th and Auckland on 20
November. 10,000 souvenir covers were flown from Russia
and were backstamped on arrival with the Air Expo '92
cachet. 500 covers received the HYAT OFFICIAL AIR EXPO
DINNER cachet, a "Russian Manufacturers" cachet was
applied to a further 250 and final 1,000 received the
"Air New Zealand Limited Edition" cachet. The aircraft
also carried 160 miscellaneous Russian
covers.

1993, 18 June

PARIS-AUCKLAND NON-STOP LONG DISTANCE RECORD FLIGHT

By A340-200 Airbus F-WWBA jetliner in 21 hours 31 minutes.
The Airbus flew from Le Bourget Airport, Paris to Auckland International
Airport, a distance of 19,808km, and after a five hour refuelling
stopover, flew non-stop back to Paris. The route from Paris took the
aircraft over Hamburg, Siberia, Japan, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia
to Auckland. Four pilots, including Pierre Baud, Nick Warner and Gerard
Guyot were used. Some official letters were carried to various dignitaries.

1993, 4 November

AUCKLAND-BRISBANE-SEOUL

Air New Zealand inaugurated a return service with
Boeing 767-300 ZK-NCF. The airline produced special souvenir covers
depicting the flag of South Korea.

Air mail by Charles T.P. Ulm. Approximately 110
special covers were prepared by the Aeropex 94 committee in Adelaide and
sent by packet post to the Chief Post Office, Auckland where a special
"inkjet" two-line cancellation was applied. This reads "AUCKLAND NZ FEBRUARY
17 1994 - 60TH ANNIVERSARY TRANS TASMAN AIRMAIL".

(Note incorrect spelling of February) This is the first known use of this
type of special commemorative cancellation in N.Z. The covers were flown
to Sydney on a scheduled commercial flight and received a special
postmark at the Sydney International Airport on the same date.

1994, 10 & 16 September

AIR FRANCE CONCORDE FLIGHTS PARIS-CHRISTCHURCH & RETURN

Specially prepared aerogrammes are known, with
cachets, for both flights.

60TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST NZ-USA TRANS-PACIFIC OFFICIAL AIRMAIL FLIGHT 1938

Illustrated covers were issued by the AMSNZ and these
were postmarked at Auckland with a special inkjet cancellation reading
"60th Anniversary NZ-USA First Airmail" and then flown by Air NZ to
Hawaii and datestamped at Honolulu, 2 Jan.

The Trans World Philair Club (TWPC) organized
special pictorial postcards to be used at Frankfurt for the first flights
from there to Christchurch via Singapore on 20 July and to Auckland via
USA on 24 July. The covers bear various cachets and cancels. The 3
August flight was the first using the Boeing 767 from Singapore.

1998, 12 October

MEDICAL EMERGENCY FLIGHT CHRISTCHURCH-MCMURDO SOUND & RETURN

An RNZAF Hercules flew to Antarctica on 12 October
and returned the following day Some mail, consisting of Shades Stamp Shop's
Air Polarogrammes No 11 was carried.

1998, 13 October

70TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST TRANS-TASMAN FLIGHT
BY KINGSFORD SMITH IN 1928

The 50c label produced by Fort Augustus Marketing
for the Wanaka air show in April was affixed to a special souvenir cover
and tied with a circular cachet. To this was added a $1 NZ Post stamp and
the covers were flown to Sydney.

1999, 30 January

MEDIVAC EMERGENCY FLIGHT SOUTH POLE-MCMURDO-CHRISTCURCH

Covers franked with a USPO meter at the South Pole
Station were carried by a US ski-equipped Hercules via McMurdo to Christchurch
Airport. An Indian stroke victim was taken from a Norwegian vessel via a
South African helicopter and German Twin Otter to the South Pole for
transfer to the US plane.

1999, 17 February

FINAL ANTARCTIC FLIGHT BY LC130 HERCULES OF THE US NAVY SQUADRON
FROM MCMURDO BASE TO CHRISTCHURCH

Shades Stamp Shop's Air Polarogrammes No 11 were
postmarked on 12 Feb at the US Air Force Postal Service APO at McMurdo
and flown to and from the South Pole on 14 Feb and then to Christchurch
on 17 February.

1999, 11 July

MIDWINTER SOUTH POLE MEDICAL EMERGENCY FLIGHT
TO &AMP; FROM CHRISTCHURCH

Cards stamped at McMurdo Base APO on 8 July were
flown to the South Pole on 11 July and back to Christchurch by the US
Air Force

1999, 12-17 October

ANTARCTIC MEDIVAC FLIGHT CHRISTCHURCH-MCMURDO-SOUTH POLE
& RETURN

Shades Stamp Shop's Polarogrammes No 17 were
postmarked 15 Oct at McMurdo APO and flown on a Hercules to the South
Pole and back to Christchurch.

1999, 15 October

FIRST GLOBEMASTER FLIGHT CHRISTCHURCH-MCMURDO & RETURN

Covers were taken on this flight and datestamped on
return at Christchurch with Ross Dependency Agency postmark 18 Oct.